Bloomington high school students gather to rally against hate symbol (IN)

[struggle4progress]

By Alyson Malinger
Published 11 hours ago
Updated 8 hours ago

Early Wednesday morning, Tamara Brown, a junior at Bloomington High School North, walked through the hallways of her school, moving from class to class. As she walked, Brown was stopped by multiple students wearing Confederate flags as hats and capes draped across their bodies, embracing the red flag dashed with blue and white lines.

They yelled things such as, “If you want to start stuff, then we’ll start stuff too,” and “The South will rise again,” to Brown and other students throughout the school’s campus ...

After voicing their concerns to the school administration, teachers and guidance counselors and not receiving the change they saw as necessary, the group formed a rally at the Monroe County Community School Corporation district office later that afternoon.

A group of about 30 students — in addition to faculty members, students from Bloomington High School South and other community members — gathered in front of the district office to voice their concerns ...

http://www.idsnews.com/article/2016/10/students-gather-to-rally-against-hate-symbol

[anoNY42]

1. Reminds me of how stupid I was in HS, too...nt

[Taitertots]

2. If we don't hang with the douchebags, we'll all hang separately.

When schools start banning symbols you support, everyone will point to your support for banning free speech.

[Mc Mike]

3. The klan never went away in IN. Big bircher country, too.

Odd how they mostly vote repug in national elections. Obama did squeak by in '08, Johnson in '64, but those were the only 2 since '60.

When they were big in IN, in the '20's, they got together to attack Notre Dame one time, because they didn't like Catholics and Irish.

When I see any Irish guy trying to act racist around me, I tell them "Those white guys don't think you're white. No Irish need apply."